Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-09-21
ROGER LAnoQUB.
Adapted and Translated from the French
Of Jules Mary.
BY OLIVE HARPER.
(coNTINUED.)
BY OLIVE HARPER.
CONTINUED
CHATTER IL

The Old huu,- At"l'tl, m"iueI Lohuaine, as
she was cal.,,i at her usual hour began her
duties in the hLilr cottage which had been iii
habited by i.truuttt", As she went about
she discovered, somewhat to her surprise,
that the windows were open, and when she
had finished busting and sweeping she went
to arrange Laruuettc's room. but she stood
petrified upon the threshold, with her eyes
starting from her head, as she saw stretched
upon the floor IN the midst of the
broken AMI d,orderad furniture, the secre-
tary open and apparently rltied, her master
dead with bail in his breast Everything
pointed 10 murder ami not >ui,l't
The first emotion passed, Mother Dondaiue
regained her Goodness She bent over the in
animate form OF Iarouette and felt for Signs
of life. but saw at once that there was but
rigid corpse before her, and she ran a. fast
as her wears would permit to the police sta
ton, telling every one she met ON the way Of
her terrible discovery. An hour lnter Nj
Lacroix, the commiSsary Of police al Yer
sailIes. arrived with DR. Martiuaud, of Vile
dAvray The two men and the woman en-
tered the house, wEIle crowds gathered
around it
NJ. Iacroix questioned Mother Dondaine,
but she could give HIM no Information.
an ,,o,, Ln0ry - said h.. .,, b.tI,.r Al Il
,o,,at,o had snv i,,,,rtsnt s,,,,, nj ,,o,,a,, IN
his secretary
Al do not, sir He was not man to con
fide his business secrets 10 any one :"
M Lacroix mnde n search OF the premises,
while the do, tor examined the body.
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Laroqae hen Victoria announced NJ. La
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Excuse me. madame for troubIing Won
but last night here at a few stems from Won,
house, was committed - drasdfnl cr;r,a
man vss sssass;no,sI I,,,I,.Iae. g.. ~ ...
nose of rohbsr,, s,d tn,-s am, -, IL 81
Questions of van y
"Of mo ar, What CON ,.l, ,.,,,,,,
alas, night there was a nistoi fra5 in n.
house next door which is onr,sira ,o,, IT,
windows were open. and | thon-ht poss,bI,
that some of Won might have hoard soma
thing or even nerbe,s might have So,
something y
IA vvbot ,o,,r v,..s ,b;s ,.r;,,,s
"Some minutes before midnight
9Th It expIains wI,y we heard nothing
went to he'd ahout lOo'rlock and nv hushsn,
came home soon after did not see him
as M Larooue berefr
GHa took the 9 O'Clock train tn Paris hu
he said nothing which proves that he hear
nothing"
You have little girl, believe, of or
years Where does she Sleep Might she no
she have heard the detonationF
She slept in my bed last night, and neve
woke until morning
She said this with a Quick. harsh accent
which surprised IacroiX His keen eye saw
here mystery, and he looked at the younl
woman whose eyes fell before his
"Can | see the chtli.7 asked he
'sCertainly. if on think it necessary. bu
she is not very wei tin, morning., having had
a nervous attacl, and umle.a it Is really
necessary
'tAha!" thought NJ TacrpiX: "she doesn't
want me to SEE the in.ie girl Why"
Mr. Lacroix was oa the point of letting
this question I,ass fnT III time. when the chic
stepped to her m5tne, 5 SIDE from the Other
room.
mo, mother, she SAID, without being ques
toned; Il could not have heard anything;
slept all night without waking
81 would like 10 question your servants,
said Lacrolx, and Heuriatte rang Victoria
entered
Bring the cook and rnaahman, said she
@and return with them
In another instant the three were there Tht
coachman and cook had rooms opening upor
the garden. The declared they had seer
and heard nothing They had gone t. he'd a
10 and slept until rHorr & 1t was by repor
that they had known nt the crime Lacroi1
made 1gH for them tn retire, which the